§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that proposals for waveband changes will ensure that BBC radio programmes will have high quality sound and audibility.
§ Mr. HurdThe proposals which the United Kingdom has submitted to the ITU for the VHF band II planning conference are designed to promote the interests of both426W the BBC and independent radio. They have been drawn up so as to seek to achieve the creation of two new national networks, one of which will be allocated to the BBC so that Radios 1 and 2 will have separate VHF network; the provision of additional frequencies for the planned development of BBC and Independent Local Radio; and the maintenance of th existing BBC VHF networks and improvements to their coverage.